World’s Largest Thermometer lights up again in Baker

The World's Tallest Thermometer sits in disrepair in Baker, CA, Thursday, April 3, 2014. The original owners are planning to renovate and relight the thermometer. (Photo by Jennifer Cappuccio Maher/Inland Valley Daily Bulletin)

BAKER, Calif. — A giant thermometer rising from the Southern California desert is once again a beacon for tourists headed to and from Las Vegas.